ATLANTA GEORGIA

Chalk Paint a Dresser

This project was finished a little while back, but I just had to share it after seeing it in our master bedroom. We just love it! I bought this little gem at the thrift store for $20! It was a great deal that I could not pass up! I really wanted to start chalk painting. I love it so much because it adheres way better than normal paint plus you can play with a lot of the colors. This will show you how to mix various shades to chalk paint a dresser. The main shade is Annie Sloan’s Dark Wax. Let me get started with showing you the before picture:

Yep… Pretty crazy right? I thought this was a pretty good deal for $20 so thank you whoever left this! Here are some “during” shots:

I started out sanding everything down. Yes, this did take forever! I also painted the drawers inside. I used DixieBelle Chalk Paint for the white. I added the Annie Sloan Dark Wax. Next I played with a lot of grey glazes and regular paints to figure out the right shade.

I also had to get them to somewhat match each other. That almost worked out.

I added some hardware and voila’ ! I am finished!

I took off the mirror because we wanted to add this beautiful wood frame I had made from House of Belongings with my favorite lyrics.

I had to include these drawer liners! I love them because they have a fresh linen scent! It’s so cool!

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Hey Mike!
Good question! For the price, I like Dixie Belle.. I also like the color selections of a mineral paint called Fusion which is around the same price as Dixie Belle. I have been using a lot of fusion recently for the colors and it spreads better to me. What has been your experience between AS and DB?

Hey Cassandra and thanks for checking out the blog!! We took off all the molding and bought another piece of board to go over it. We add our own molding around and painted it the same. Good Catch! Totally forgot about mentioning the door!